Winning goaltender Karri Ramo of the Calgary Flames eyes the puck after making a pad save late in the third period as Jaromir Jagr, left, and Travis Zajac of the New Jersey Devils furiously hunt for the puck.Andy Marlin
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Karri Ramo of the Calgary Flames makes the second period save as Michael Ryder of the New Jersey Devils is checked by Mark Giordano.Bruce Bennett
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“You’re starting to see signs of a little Kippy in him,” said Curtis Glencross, referring to, yes, Miikka Kiprusoff. “They’ve got a lot of the same style and they make a lot of the same saves.

“I almost get flashbacks.”

Standing his ground in the face of an awfully hungry bunch of hosts, Ramo parried 31 pucks and carried the Calgary Flames to a 1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils in National Hockey League action Monday at the Prudential Center.

No. 34, obviously, could not have done any better.

To stretch this netminding comparison further, both Finns had been 27 years old when they joined the Flames.

“I played with Kipper for six years, right?” Glencross continued. “Some of those saves, you just look down the bench and say, ‘How did he save that one again?’ Just like we used to say with Kipper.”

Don’t believe Glencross?

Think he’s going overboard?

Listen to the other guys then.

“I think it’s the best I’ve seen anybody play in one game,” said New Jersey’s Jaromir Jagr. “It doesn’t matter who would be on the ice, there was no way we were going to score. Just a perfect game by him.”

Said Devils coach Peter DeBoer: “We looked like we could play another hour and not score a goal on their goalie.”

Ramo was so solid, in fact, that all the Flames required was a single tally.

Mark Giordano, with a one-timed whistler in the third period, happily provided it.

The Flames captain, it should be noted, also nearly poked the equalizer into his own net with two minutes remaining.

“I was trying to play the odds,” explained Giordano, grinning. “Me tipping it into (Ramo) or Jaromir Jagr backdoor? I tried to play the percentages — thank god he made that save.”

With their third straight victory, the Flames finish the five-game trip 3-2-0.

And in the past 29 contests? They’re 18-11-0.

Tickled, Bob Hartley also shovelled praise in the direction of Ramo, who, from his chums, had received the fireman’s hat for his heroic display.

“I think he deserved the truck, too,” cracked the Flames coach. “Pretty gutsy effort. He was the best player on both sides.”

Added Giordano: “He’s been the backbone of our team for the last little bit.”

Let’s not dismiss Kenny Agostino’s evening.

The pride of Flanders, N.J., had been in the starting lineup. Which was plenty cool.

Lined up across from Agostino? Jagr.

“I had a small poster of him in my bedroom when he was with the Rangers,” said Agostino. “When you’re out there playing against him, you don’t even think about it. But when you’re on the bench, you can’t help but respect and appreciate an elite talent like that.”

The kid turned in another workmanlike outing.

And late in the second period, T.J. Brodie, with a swell pass, sent Agostino in alone on goalie Cory Schneider.

“I’m going to have 70 texts about that breakaway, so I might as well answer now,” chuckled Agostino. “I was looking five-hole — I like going five-hole. He was giving it to me a little . . . but I got hacked and it took a little bit off my shot. He baited me into it and made a nice save.”

The official indicated a penalty to Jon Merrill — but only a minor, despite Agostino’s protestations.

“I was yelling at the ref that I wanted a penalty shot.”

Agostino’s sequence ended up being critical.

Because, early the third period with Merrill still stewing in the penalty box, Jiri Hudler had skittered a rolling puck to a fast-moving Giordano, who roasted it past Schneider.

“It wasn’t going to be an easy night,” said Glencross. “They play a hard game. They’re desperate. That was their life. We had a great game and stuck to it. And Ramo played unbelievable for us.”

scruickshank@calgaryherald.com

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